THERE are no human biological traces on the two vehicles belonging to the Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) and Fire Rescue Tender (FRT), indicating that they hit a person during the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman temple riots last year.

Mohamad Firdhaus Ramli, a forensic science officer for criminalistics with the Department of Chemistry, told the coroners court that based on his examinations done on December 5, both vehicles did not have traces supporting that allegation.

“I didn’t find any evidence that links the two vehicles with hitting a human,” said Mohamad Firdhaus, 33, the 26th witness in the inquest into fireman Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim’s death.

“I didn’t find any evidence – no fibres, blood or hair on either of the vehicles,” he told coroner Rofiah Mohamad. 

The witness said he had analysed the front passenger door of the EMRS vehicle where Adib was allegedly hit.

“According to studies, when there is an accident, there will definitely be traces found. But when I examined the vehicles, there were no trace of biological evidence.

“It could have been lost because of the weather and the surroundings of where the vehicles were kept.”

The inquest was called by the government amid conflicting claims on the cause of Adib’s death.

Adib was part of a response team sent from the Subang Jaya fire and rescue station on November 27, 2018, to the temple area after a call was received that cars had been set on fire.

He suffered injuries during the riots and died at the National Heart Institute on December 17.

The inquest continues tomorrow at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah court complex in Shah Alam. – March 27, 2019